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Haka in the House: what will Te Pāti Māori’s protest mean for tikanga in parliament?
Time is apparently running out for the three Te Pāti Māori MPs whose haka in parliament during the Treaty Principles Bill ...
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s ...
New Zealand politicians sing as bill that sparked massive protests is ‘annihilated’
New Zealand politicians broke out in song Thursday after striking down a right wing-backed proposal that opponents feared ...
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Unique ways to celebrate graduation
From traditional tapa cloth to the Maori haka, families and friends celebrate graduating students with pride, appreciation, ...
New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill
Maipi-Clarke used the opportunity to perform a haka, or war dance. She tore up a copy of the bill in front of its author, as ...
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Controversial bill that sparked Maori rights protests heavily defeated in New Zealand parliament
The bill gained wide attention after a video of the nation’s youngest legislator, Maori member Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, tearing up a copy of the proposed legislation and leading a haka dance ...
New Zealand MP who took world by storm with Maori ‘haka’ dance speaks on treaty principles bill
New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke on April 10 spoke in Parliament over a controversial proposed law that would redefine New Zealand's founding document. The bill would govern how the Treaty of ...
Newsday12d
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country's founding Treaty of Waitangi
Maipi-Clarke faces disciplinary proceedings at Parliament for her protest of the bill’s first vote last November, when she tore up a copy of the measures while performing a haka — a Māori ...